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South Africa to Return $15m Seized Arms Money To Avoid “Diplomatic Row” With Nigeria
The South African government is ready to return the seized two tranches of money totaling $15million belonging to Nigeria govt reportedly meant for the procurement of arms in South Africa. S.A Ambassador to Nigeria, Lulu Mnguni, said his country was willing to talk to Nigeria in order to resolve the crisis, stating that they had no interest in keeping Nigeria’s money but only wanted to follow due process. In his words… “Well, obviously we also in South Africa don’t want to keep Nigeria’s money, but we want to follow due process to address it. It’s their money and so they would like to have their money back. “We’ve been selling arms to Nigeria for many years, so we don’t have a problem. Why should we not sell arms to Nigeria? If Nigeria needs arms to protect its citizens and its peoples, so we have to assist them,” Monaisa added. Recall, South African operatives had confiscated $9.3m stashed in three suitcases on September 5, 2014 at Lanseria International Airport, Johannesbu...
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